And in terms of posture, the body... obviously there is what you say but there's also the body language. So someone sits here.. it's... the legs cross three times and the arms crossed. Erm... that's a very... sort of... defensive approach and I think the interviewers might not... err appreciate that too much. On the other hand if someone is too relaxed, and sort of slopping back in the chair and leaning his one hand on the table, that's also not very good. So I think it's... in terms of posture, it's good to come in, greet the people in the room, introduce him or herself and then sit down and erm... sort of maybe have both feet on the... underground, maybe the hands on the table or in... in your lap, and not playing around with a cell phone or with a pen. There's... the other thing also good too, to shut down or shut off all electronic devices so that you don't receive your texts or your calls during the interview. That can be very distracting.

至于姿态，很显然，肢体语言和口头语言是不一样的。所以有人坐在那儿，双腿不停地换着翘二郎腿，手臂也交叉着，这是一种非常自卫的动作，我觉得面试官不大喜欢这种肢体语言。另一方面，如果应聘者太放松，随随便便地坐在椅子上，手也搭在桌子上，我觉得这种也不大好。所以我认为，进门，和房间里的人问好，自我介绍，坐好，双脚平放于地，手比较正式地放在桌上或膝上，不要玩手机，不要转笔，这样会比较好。还有一点注意下也比较好，就是关闭或切断所有电子设备，这样你在面试过程中不会收到所有信息及电话，因为这二者非常分散人的注意力。

Then in terms of what you say, I think it's good to listen well to the erm... to the questions, to be also prepared in advance. And to prepare some questions to ask after the interview. So if you really have an interest in the company, so that you... that you have some valid questions coming up.

然后，关于口头语言，我觉得好好听问题非常重要，同时也应预先准备好自己的答案，还得准备一些面试过后想要问的问题。如果你真的对某间公司感兴趣，你就必须问一些实实在在的问题。

5 Q: 通常应聘者都会被问到自己的强项与弱项，谈论自己弱点的最好方式是什么？

I think it's always a good thing to give an example. Everyone knows sort of the... err... the answer that "I'm too impatient" or "I'm too eager", "I'm too competitive" - these are sort of the standard answers people give so I think it's maybe a good thing to give an example of a weakness when one can describe a situation in his current job. And be honest. I think everyone has a weakness and I also don't think that the interviewers nowadays are focusing too much on those areas. So if you can come up with an honest answer and they.... erm.... if you can describe a situation from your daily life, I think that will... that will be good.

我觉得举例子是很好的办法。每个人都知道诸如“我没什么耐心”“我很有企图心”“我很有竞争力”之类的答案，这些都是应聘者会给出的标准答案。所以我觉得如果有人能举出在他目前的工作中碰到的问题或发现的弱点的例子，那么会很好。同时一定要诚实。我觉得每个人都有其弱点，我也不觉得现在的面试官会非常在意一个人的弱点。所以如果你能够诚实地回答问题，并且从日常生活中举出实例，我觉得是非常好的。

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